Teams

Ireland	France
Tries Geoghegan	Tries Cecillon, Delaigue, Ntamack, Saint-Andre
Cons Elwood	Cons Ntamack
Pens none	Pens Ntamack
Team 15 FB Jim Staples 14 W Simon Geoghegan 13 C Brendan Mullin 12 C Phil Danaher 11 W Niall Woods 10 FH Eric Elwood 9 SH Michael Bradley (c) 1 P Nick Popplewell 2 H Terry Kingston 3 P Peter Clohessy 4 L Davy Tweed 5 L Gabriel Fulcher 6 F Eddie Halvey 7 F Anthony Foley 8 N8 Denis McBride     Replacements 16 C Maurice Field 17 Paul Burke 18 Niall Hogan 19 Gary Halpin 20 Keith Wood 21 Philip Lawlor	Team 15 FB Jean-Luc Sadourny 14 W Emile Ntamack 13 C Philippe Sella 12 C Franck Mesnel 11 W Philippe Saint-Andre (c) 10 FH Yann Delaigue 9 SH Guy Accoceberry 1 P Louis Armary 2 H Jean-Michel Gonzalez 3 P Christian Califano 4 L Olivier Merle 5 L Olivier Brouzet 6 F Philippe Benetton 7 F Marc Cecillon 8 N8 Abdelatif Benazzi     Replacements 16 P Philippe Gallart 17 Sebastien Viars 18 Alain Macabiau 19 Marc de Rougemont 20 Philippe Carbonneau 21 Arnaud Costes

Notes

Result France won by a margin of 18 points

Five Nations points France 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee C Thomas (Wales)

Ireland Test debuts EO Halvey, DA Tweed

France Test debuts none

Other scores

Five Nations
Scotland	26 - 13	Wales	Murrayfield
Pan-American Championship
Argentina	44 - 3	Uruguay	Buenos Aires